To establish a bank of statistical data at post-1974 local authority level. Variables The first 317 variables are the 'social area variables' extracted by Richard Webber from the 1971 census (SN: 225). A further 41 variables have been added to Webber's and these have been drawn from statistics produced by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) on local authority expenditure (1974/75) and Housing (April 1975) and the DOE's statistics on rent rebates (April 1975) and rate rebates (1975/76). There are also three 'political' indicators on turnout at local elections and political compostition of local councils after the 1973 elections (1974 for London).